Portfolio n° 1:

Mariano was a participant in an extreme sport in the x games. He won the first price 5 times consecutively since 2009. Mariano was the illusion of Argentina’s x-games. He made everything with effort and for that reason, he was the best, but then everything changed.

In the last x-games, he had an accident when it was his turn. He fell out of a mountain with his motorbike. He broke his left arm and his two legs and lost his memory. The ambulance arrived late to the place where the accident was caused. Since that day, he has been in a wheelchair because can’t move.

That was when he decided to take a leap into the unknown.  He resigned from the extreme sport and took a job training people who have disabilities. People thought he was crazy to throw away his dream job, but he couldn’t do anything because of his disability.

First, when he started his new job all the people saw he was sad but I saw him last week and the transformation left me speechless. He looks ten years younger and he has the spring in his step, which reminds me of his younger years. His eyes sparkled and he couldn’t stop smiling as he told me about the places he had seen and the people he had helped. I never expected he’d be brave enough to change everything, but it was the best decision of his life.

Students: Alejo Moschetti and Thaiel Cano

Upper 1 A